agents
Class UIAgent

java.lang.Object
  negotiator.Agent
      agents.UIAgent

public class UIAgent
extends Agent

Author:

W.Pasman, modified version of Dmytro's UIAgent

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class negotiator.Agent

fNegotiation, parametervalues, sessionNr, sessionsTotal, startTime, strategyParameters, timeline, totalTime, utilitySpace

Constructor Summary

UIAgent()

Method Summary

Action	chooseAction() this function is called after ReceiveMessage, with an Offer-action.
static java.lang.String	getVersion() Creates a new instance of UIAgent
void	init() One agent will be kept alive over multiple sessions.
boolean	isUIAgent() Determine if this agent is communicating with the user about nego steps.
void	ReceiveMessage(Action opponentAction) informs you which action the opponent did

Methods inherited from class negotiator.Agent

endSession, getAgentID, getName, getParameterValues, getSessionNumber, getSessionsTotal, getStrategyParameters, getUniqueIdentifier, getUtility, internalInit, loadSessionData, parseStrategyParameters, restartDataObjectsFolder, saveSessionData, setAgentID, setName, sleep

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UIAgent

public UIAgent()

Method Detail

getVersion

public static java.lang.String getVersion()

Creates a new instance of UIAgent

init

public void init()

One agent will be kept alive over multiple sessions. Init will be called at the start of each nego session.

Overrides:

init in class Agent

ReceiveMessage

public void ReceiveMessage(Action opponentAction)

Description copied from class: Agent

informs you which action the opponent did

Overrides:

ReceiveMessage in class Agent

chooseAction

public Action chooseAction()

Description copied from class: Agent

this function is called after ReceiveMessage, with an Offer-action.

Specified by:

chooseAction in class Agent

Returns:

(should return) the bid-action the agent wants to make.

isUIAgent

public boolean isUIAgent()

Description copied from class: Agent

Determine if this agent is communicating with the user about nego steps.

Overrides:

isUIAgent in class Agent

Returns:

true if a human user is directly communicating with the agent in order to steer the nego. This flag is used to determine the timeout for the negotiation (larger with human users).